Elmer Ponder
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[edit] Biography
Born on June 26, 1893 in Reed, Oklahoma, Elmer Ponder (Charles Elmer Ponder) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career. Ponder broke into the bigs on September 18, 1917 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.62 ERA in 196 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Elmer Ponder's best season was 1920, when he posted a 2.62 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 62 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | PIT | N | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.69 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1919 | PIT | N | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.99 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1920 | PIT | N | 33 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 2.62 | 62 | 76 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 182 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 1921 | PIT | N | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.19 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | CHI | N | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4.74 | 31 | 58 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89.1 | 117 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1921 | TOT | N | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4.18 | 34 | 66 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 146 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 69 | 42 | 17 | 27 | 3.21 | 113 | 173 | 135 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 378.2 | 395 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | PIT | N | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1919 | PIT | N | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .813 |
| 1920 | PIT | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1921 | PIT | N | P | 8 | 1 | 24.2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1921 | CHI | N | P | 16 | 11 | 89.1 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1921 | TOT | N | P | 24 | 12 | 114 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .953 |
| Total | P | 69 | 12 | 114 | 17 | 106 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | PIT | N | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PIT | N | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT | N | 33 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .119 | .148 | .136 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PIT | N | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | CHI | N | 16 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .121 | .121 | .152 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | TOT | N | 24 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .093 | .093 | .116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 69 | 124 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .119 | .121 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dave Robertson (July 1, 1921).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with John Sullivan, Babe Twombly, Tom Daly and 4 other players to Los Angeles (PCL) (December 19, 1922) completing trade in which Los Angeles (PCL) traded Jigger Statz and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for 5 players to be named later (December 19, 1921); Chicago Cubs received Vic Aldridge (December 19, 1922).
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